College Football Bowl Season Discussion Thread (and BG Bowl Pick Em)

[FNH]

I'm 50/50 as I thought it might be an option but thought they'd go lighter with a suspension w/o pay or something. Then again he did give a job to someone he was having an affair with, but damn who are they going to get now? Arkansas was moving up, don't see them being good for a while.

[Ryany]

No sarcasm, I'm really surprised.

Yeah, he usually quits before he gets fired. His next job (assuming he goes somewhere this year) will be his 17th in 29 years.

[Byrd]

Yeah, he usually quits before he gets fired. His next job (assuming he goes somewhere this year) will be his 17th in 29 years.

This guy makes Larry Brown look like a long term hire. But who needs a coach this time of year, though? Maybe the New Orleans Saints?

[Akiyama]

Nah. He'd just walk out by the 15th game to get a new college job since he can't do dick in the NFL

[Akiyama]

Btw, the radio calls they played on SC tonight.. about 'not on conference championship, not one national chmpionship..who really cares'

Arkansas was mediocre to slightly above average AT BEST.. and last year they were 11-2 and lost to the two teams in the NCG (even if it's disbuted whether they belonged, etc).. but seriously. Who really cares? They'll care when they're back to being shit in a couple years, rofl.

[Byrd]

Bama loses their 2012 national championship trophy.

Oops. How'd you like to be that guy?

[noblemountain]

Holy shit at the two stolen from Florida State...how'd I never hear about that?

[Bregor]

It's okay, Saban will just get another one.

[Diamicles]

Not sure what to think of the new Mizzou uniforms. Parts I like, but a lot I don't like, too...

[Byrd]

Not sure what to think of the new Mizzou uniforms. Parts I like, but a lot I don't like, too...

I like the bottom helmet. The rest are meh.

[Bregor]

RUTGERS

From the Rutgers Family to the Bucs Family: Tampa Bay Signs LeGrand

LeGrand, who played for new Bucs Head Coach Greg Schiano at Rutgers, is once again serving as an inspiration to others with spinal cord injuries

Eric LeGrand is, in his own words, an athlete. Is, not was.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers understand that. On Tuesday, the Buccaneers signed LeGrand to their 90-man offseason roster, adding him to a team full of accomplished athletes.

Why is this remarkable, one roster move during a long offseason of countless team-building maneuvers? Because LeGrand is currently in a wheelchair and hasn't walked in 19 months. On October 16, 2010, he was paralyzed from the neck down while tackling Army kick returner Malcolm Brown in a game played at Giants Stadium.

LeGrand was – and is – a part of the Rutgers Scarlet Knights family. The Buccaneers and especially their head coach, Greg Schiano, understand that. Schiano was the head coach at Rutgers from 2001-11, which means he recruited LeGrand, helped shape him into a young man and a football player and exulted in his successes. And it means he was there when LeGrand fell stiffly to the Giants Stadium turf and didn't get up, and he was there at his hospital bed that evening and he will remain there for every step forward LeGrand takes in his recovery and his life.

LeGrand believes some of those steps will be literal ones. He was told after his injury that he would never come off the ventilator he was attached to in the hospital. He left the ventilator behind after five weeks. He was told he would never walk again and he doesn't believe that either.

Last October, a year after his injury as he engaged in the early stages of therapy to regain the ability to walk, LeGrand told SI.com's Jon Wertheim that his goal was to visit the spot on the Giants Stadium field where he was hurt, lie down there once again, and then get back up and walk away. He also told Wertheim that he believed the strength he had developed in his body as a college football player was aiding him in his rehabilitation efforts.

It is the strength of LeGrand's will, however, that prompted the Buccaneers to sign him to their roster. If Tampa Bay's personnel department developed a scouting report on LeGrand, as they do on all players they are considering signing, the first line was surely: "Will never quit."

LeGrand was just a junior when he suffered his injury, so it's impossible to predict if his football path would have ended in the NFL under other circumstances. At the time, he had played in 31 games and recorded 60 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks and three fumble recoveries. Still, his signing with the Buccaneers this spring is still the fulfillment of a dream, as it allows him to bring attention to the issue of spinal cord injuries and the ongoing research to find a cure. LeGrand's unfailingly positive attitude has amazed many, but he draws strength from his desire to be an inspiration to others who suffer similar injuries.

“Leading up to the draft, I couldn’t help but think that this should’ve been Eric’s draft class,” said Schiano. “This small gesture is the least we could do to recognize his character, spirit, and perseverance. The way Eric lives his life epitomizes what we are looking for in Buccaneer Men.”

A year ago, in Rutgers' 2011 spring semester, LeGrand resumed his studies via Skype and he has also continued to be an impactful member of the Rutgers football team. Last October, just over a year after his injury, he led Coach Schiano and the Rutgers team onto the field at their home stadium before a game against West Virginia. LeGrand also joined his fellow seniors on the field for Senior Day festivities prior to kickoff of a win over Cincinnati on November 19.

LeGrand's signing with the Buccaneers is only the latest way that he has inspired others across the nation since his injury. His courage and determination has garnered national attention, such as his appearance on the cover of Sports Illustrated shortly before his return to the football field last fall. In the magazine's 2011 year-end issue, that return was voted SI's Moment of the Year. LeGrand received the Most Courageous Athlete Award from New Jersey Sports Writers Association in January and will also receive the Unsung Hero Award at the New Jersey Hall of Fame induction ceremony on June 9 for his “representation of courage, strength and character.”

LeGrand is planning to graduate next fall with a degree in labor studies and most recently partnered with IMG to help him transition to the broadcasting booth. You can follow Eric’s remarkable recovery through his very active Twitter feed @EricLeGrand52.

http://www.buccaneers.com/news/artic...1-45037fea47bf

[noblemountain]

That's pretty awesome

[Mertron]

yay

i was at the game he got crippled at, glad to see schiano helping him live da dream

[Cail]

An Alabama fan has been charged with sexual battery after authorities say he was captured on video performing a simulated sex act on an unconscious LSU fan after the BCS Championship Game.

An Orleans Parish grand jury on Thursday handed up an indictment against 32-year-old Brian H. Downing. It charges him with one count each of sexual battery of a male victim and obscenity.

A video that went viral on the Internet is believed to have been taken at a fast-food restaurant in New Orleans after Alabama defeated LSU on Jan. 9.

A man wearing Crimson Tide attire appears to be performing the simulated act on the LSU fan. Authorities say that was Downing of Smiths Station, Ala.

The court set bond at $50,000.

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[FNH]

He should've just let the sexual battery stay on the field....

[Bregor]

http://gif.mocksession.com/wp-conten...N-BUTTHURT.gif

[Akiyama]

Old West Virginia coach, Bill Stewart died today of heart failure. :<

[Ryany]

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2012-...-coverage.html

[Bregor]

http://www.awfulannouncing.com/2012-...-coverage.html

About time. She should have been canned when she was mocking an injured player on the air.

[Headspace]

About time. She should have been canned when she was mocking an injured player on the air.

when be dis?